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Another thought would be talking to people more. Ai emulates the edifice of human connection but doesnt have any depth or challenge- adding more social time would probably be helpful if you have folks you’d wanna spend the time with :)

If you dont, that might be a challenge worth taking on, social support is deeply important

I’d also say researching how people get over behavioral addictions would be helpful, as ai overusage feels like it has many addictive elements

Sending love, its hard to take the path you’re choosing but it’s worthwhile and I believe in you!

America is more than one person 😅

That discomfort, or your feelings in general, are a reliable indicator of morality or good/badness

Its the root of a lot of chauvinism, but also just a common thinking trap you see across many different subcultures and spaces

All good :)

I feel like that has too many practical implications to be great policy in practice, but I can certainly agree with the sentiment

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I didn’t catch the comment before deleted, but regardless of different ways of looking at this subject, I’m sending love and hugs

Please take good care of yourself my friend 🫂

Yeah, I meant specifically in reply to someone saying it should be standard. Well designed as an installed device like a breathalyzer to start the car I could see it potentially being a worthwhile tool in addition to licence revocation, since folks often still drive on revoked licenses.

But I think you’d need to design it very carefully for a variety of reasons including road saftey- taking away agency from the person operating the vehicle always has potential risks that would need to be carefully considered and mitigated as best as possible

Love the hear that, thats rad as fuck!

Yes and I don’t want them to be able to track that either. I’m not sure having an existing surveillance issue is good reason to add more surveillance 😅

Again, we have lots of options to solve this problem structurally with traffic calming and pedestrian friendly road and infrastructure design

Surely you can think of some way that government installed GPS devices in someone’s cars might be worth choosing not to play along with…

The “be ungovernable” sentiment is pretty common for folks on this platform, right up until the cops could maybe stop people from doing something they dont like and then suddenly surveillance and policing might be entirely viable solutions that definitely couldn’t possibly backfire or have unintended side effects 😅. Installing a government mandated GPS device in a car doesnt just have implications for how fast you can go. Surveillance technology always carries the risk of enabling the government to surveil, intervene in, and persocute people for things that ought to be protected activity. You never know how this kind of far reaching increase of governmental power may affect people’s rights.

I’d rather stick to traffic calming road design and better pedestrian infrastructure, personally

Surely you can think of some way that government installed GPS devices in someone’s cars might be worth choosing not to play along with…

The “be ungovernable” sentiment is pretty common for folks on this platform, right up until the cops could maybe stop people from doing something they dont like and then suddenly surveillance and policing are totally viable solutions that definitely couldn’t possibly backfire or have unintended side effects 😅

I’d rather stick to traffic calming road design and better pedestrian infrastructure, personally

Surely widespread surveillance technology has no possible unintended consequences, certainly this can only end well

(It uses GPS. At a minimum it would lay the groundwork for location tracking of every new vehicle sold. Nevermind any consequences that are actually unforeseeable.)

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Good luck with the backlog and I hope you have a lovely day!

Hi, I have a lot of experience dealing with sleep issues (in treatment for a severe circadian rhythm disorder for 10 years and used to have insomnia additonally)

If you haven’t also made changes to improve sleep hygiene, its like the absolute #1 most important thing with insomnia (having a consistent bedtime is an excellent start. If not the case already, try to create a consistent routine around sleep. Dont spend any time in bed not asleep- don’t do any of your daytime activities in bed, sex usually being considered an exception, don’t get into bed until sleepy, if you can’t fall asleep within ~30min, get up and do something to wind down again and try again once sleepy. If you wake up and can’t fall back asleep, do the same. When you wake up in the morning get out of bed as quickly as you can rather than relaxing in bed, a comfortable chair and blankets close to bed that you can move to help make that easier)

Sleep hygiene is a term you can look up for more info, its the most important starting place for insomnia if you’re not already attending to it.

Also, you should know that the correct dosage for melatonin is generally considered about .5mg taken (I believe) 3h before you want to sleep. I currently take .3mg/300mcg from Carlyle medicine on amazon, they’ve seemed to be the lowest cost option for low dose when I’ve looked

I say I believe because for my sleep disorder research now points to taking it even earlier, 5-8h before sleep, but I don’t think thats applicable to insomnia, just circadian rhythm disorders

Something I’ve been finding a lot of success with lately is a warm shower before bed. Your circadian rhythm is primarily regulated by light, but temperature also plays a big role, both internal and external temp. In the evening your internal body temp will peak a couple hours before bedtime and then start to decrease. This is a que that its time for you to sleep. When you take a warm shower it increases bloodflow to your extremities and once you get out that bloodflow to the outer edges of your body actually causes you to shed heat, helping your body temperature decrease. It seems like research generally points to 1-2h before bed for maybe like 15min, but research on specifics of how and when is most helpful is still ongoing and not totally concrete. And I saw the comment from a doctor somewhere that wearing socks would hinder your ability to cool down this way which makes sense so I try not to cover my hands or feet when I get out. I find it doesn’t need to be that far in advance of bedtime to be helpful for me

The last thing I’ll mention is that in some cases the circadian rhythm disorder “Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder/Syndrome” (DSPD/DSPS) can look like insomnia, and will generally be different in that if you try to maintain a delayed scheduled sleep will get easier, as the problem is actually that your body’s circadian rhythm is delayed, so its hard to get to bed when you expect to be able to. Sleep apnea can also sometimes look like insomnia. Seeing a good sleep provider to rule out other explanations or identify if there’s more going on there may be a good idea if the issue persists.

Sending love and hugs my friend, sleep issues are fucking miserable 🫂 I’m rooting for you, good luck. If you have any questions about things I’ve said feel free to ask